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Ageofaquariums

Member Since 24 Jan 2004
Offline Last Active Sep 03 2018 11:10 AM

#366127 Nitrifying Bacteria Products For An Established Aquarium

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 27 June 2018 - 02:54 PM

The trick is in the fact that people dont actually know which microbes are flourishing in their filtration :) Lotta guessing going on.




#365744 Gumdrop Coral Crouchers?

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 01 May 2018 - 10:55 AM

Any xenia is enough xenia XD




#365511 More Nightfish Illnesses :(

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 28 March 2018 - 12:35 PM

Looks like columnaris, so bacterial. Something like wardley fungus-ade should do the trick nicely. Keeping temperature at or below 24degreesC is key to curing it before it kills the fish.




#365154 Photobucket????

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 23 February 2018 - 09:31 AM

Another option is to use facebook for image storage. The theory being they are too big to fail :/




#364239 New Tank Cycling And Stocking Help!

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 29 November 2017 - 06:46 AM

Why bother with ammonia when its more effective to just use fish food?

 

*You dont need exact amounts of ammonia to cycle, just feed the tank the amount of fish food you would like to be able to feed your first batch of fish.

*At the end of cycling you then have a container of fish food to use, rather than a useless bottle of ammonia.

*Ammonia comes from protein, so the higher the protein content of fish food the more ammonia it produces.

*Just as important as the ammonia eaters, are the rotters, that break down protein into ammonia. Adding ammonia skips out the rotters, resulting in a less robust biofiltration colony.

*You will be growing microbes that specialise in handling the exact food you are feeding.

*Theres other stuff in there that feeds other microbes, things we dont test for but are also important that we build up microbes for.




#363995 Boring As Bat

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 07 November 2017 - 12:13 PM

You know in the trade, the "f word" is actually "fine".

 

As in

"have you tested your water?"

"yes its fine"

 

Which translates to ammonia 4ppm and nitrite 6ppm, pH 4.2, nitrates 890000900ppm

 

 

Still though, if the flowerhorn keeping savages can organise a BBQ, surely distinguished connoisseur's such as PCS can :)




#363790 Pest Snail Killer

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 26 October 2017 - 07:05 AM

Well copper sulphate at 1g per 1000L works dam well. We sell it under the blue planet brand "snail rid". But yea, no good for shrimp, so water change after treatment before adding them back in. SOme plants dont like it, found elodea to be very sensitive.




#363780 Eheim 2080 Intake Mod

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 24 October 2017 - 07:17 AM

How do you have your inlet/outlets + wavemaker setup? This may be more a case of changing water flow to improve particle capture.




#362732 Can You Get Rid Of Duck Weed

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 27 July 2017 - 06:46 AM

Do you have a fish net?




#362032 How Much Faith Do You Have In Your Test Kit Results?

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 06 June 2017 - 07:22 AM

I use so many different test kits its insane. The API one has the advantage of being FAST! Its better than strip tests for accuracy. ALL test kits have issues, reagents dont always play nice with other aquarium chemicals, and it only takes putting the wrong lid on a bottle to send its accuracy to hell. User error is a HUGE problem with testing and dosing. No matter the kit you use, record the results. Trend data is more helpful than 0.000001% accuracy.




#361854 Rip - Herbert Axelrod June 7, 1927 – May 15, 2017

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 24 May 2017 - 06:27 AM

Totally missed this. Amano, Eheim, Otto and now Axelrod. Its like a whose who of oldschool fish world. The good doctor Axelrod is a personal one for me, as he replied to my fan snail mail. Something that doesnt seem such a huge deal in these days of stars with facebook pages and twitter accounts, but which back then made me feel like the chosen one! Seen together that crew could build a mean setup. Amano on the aquascape, Eheim on the biofiltration, Otto on the mechanical filtration and Axelrod with the wildcaught discus and cardinals. Kudo's to them all and RIP the good doctor :(




#361523 Hazards In The Hobby

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 04 May 2017 - 10:04 AM

Biggest risk is likely being a hero on fish forums to people and then running into them later in real life.......   lol

 

Sounds like fish TB Peckoltia, gnarly one that takes a lot of antibiotics to get rid of.




#359292 Persistent Flashing

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 05 February 2017 - 09:20 AM

Flashing is often seen in rift lake cichlids whenever GH is low (or even when its changing) and/or nitrates are high. It is of course also a good sign of flukes. Due to their macro nature flukes are an excellent candidate for a cheap clip on phone microscope ID. if Prazi isnt getting the job done, consider hitting them with some trichlorfon based meds. Just be sure to keep oxygenation high, especially if any bristlenose in tank.




#358548 Rapid Breathing Leading To Death.

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 12 January 2017 - 06:23 AM

Really does not sound like worms to me.

 

Situations like this, its well worth having a x65 clip microscope for your phone. If its an external parasite you will be able to see them easily.




#358518 Rapid Breathing Leading To Death.

Posted by Ageofaquariums on 11 January 2017 - 09:33 AM

Could be a bacterial infection attacking gills.....  or even their insides.